Antiwar collage

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Notes:
The antiwar movement of the 1960s grew out of discontent with the government and the status quo, as well as an increasing feeling that war, especially the war in Vietnam, was unjust.
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Key
  • Dark Blue- Protesting thoughts.
  • Purple- ways of protest
  • red- groups

Happening at home
Negative look
  • Teach-ins at universities and meetings at churches spread the message to a wider public.
  • United States had no business propping up a corrupt and unpopular dictatorship. The war was not right.
  • Television was a big spreader of the protesting; show images of the fighting and people making a stands.
  • People marched around saying their mind about the mater. Once a national "mobilization" in November sent 200,000 people marching down the mall in Washington.
  • Returning veterans spoke against the was, giving back there medals, and turning the public even more against the war.
  • Kent State Report (1970)
  • Some people protested on the ideas of Nixon. They did not like him sending more people to Vietnam and letting the war grow.
Positive look
  • People thought it was brave U.S. effort to stop communism.
  • They thought that it was our duty to stop communism from taking over the war, and did not get the people who looked negative at it.
  • "Anyone who protests the war is protesting against them"
  • Protesting the war is giving aid and comfort to the enemies who are killing our soldiers.
  • Nixon said "North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States, only Americans can do that."
  • People protested against the protester that were against the war for reasons above.

April 1970, Nixon announced that the United States would take the war into Cambodia:
  • Demonstrations erupted at campuses across the country.
  • Nixon called them "bums" who were "blowing up campuses."
  • After the police killing student because of the bums blowing up campus. The tide of public opinion turned against the war.


Free speech movement:
  • Began in Berkeley in September 1964 at the University of California.
  • The students were convinced that the ban was aimed at their participation in civil rights protests and reacted in outrage.
  • In response the kids went against the rules by giving out political literature.
  • People tried to stop them but in the end they gave in.

Students for a Democratic Society
  • Radical leftist organization.
  • People thought the group was led by communist-influenced or communist-led leaders.
Other Groups
  • Weathermen
  • Advocated violent resistance to the system.
  • Yippies
  • loosely organized group of activists
  • People outlandish behavior and street theater tactics just to focus media attention on their thoughts.

Pictures:
288352w.jpgPeace activists organize at their headquarters in preparation for the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam. Held on October 15, 1969, the rally at the Washington Monument was the largest nationwide protest against involvement in Vietnam.




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Students protesting the American invasion of Cambodia flee as National Guardsmen release tear gas at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970. Later in the day, four students were killed when guardsmen opened fire.




1279667w.jpgPoster announcing a May 5, 1970 strike and march to commemorate the recent shootings of antiwar and antiracism protesters at Kent State University, in the city of Augusta, Georgia, and at Jackson State University.









288353w.jpgDemonstrators protest the trial of the Chicago Seven (also known as the Chicago Eight). The Chicago Seven, antiwar activists arrested for protests during the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago in 1968, drew attention to their cause during a lengthy and often bizarre trial.




Songs Lyrics:

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag
Joe McDonald (1965)
  • And It's One, Two, Three, What Are We Fighting For ? Don't Ask Me, I Don't Give A damn, next Stop Is Vietnam; And It's Five, Six, Seven, open Up The Pearly Gates, well There Ain't No Time To Wonder Why, whoopee! We're All Gonna Die.
  • Come On Mothers Throughout The Land, pack Your Boys Off To Vietnam. Come On Fathers, and Don't Hesitate To Send Your Sons Off Before It's Too Late. And You Can Be The First Ones On Your Block To Have Your Boy Come Home In A Box.
What About Me
Dino Valente(1970)
  • And I Feel Like A Stranger In The Land Where I Was Born And I Live Like An Outlaw And I'm Always On The Run And I'm Always Getting Busted And I've Got To Take A Stand I Believe The Revolution Must Be Mighty Close At Hand